The Common Law

Cars – the Texas Lemon Law (part 2)

"...Being sure your car qualifies as a lemon can actually be one of the most difficult parts..."

April 9, 2004 Column by Luke Ellis

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I have a new car, and it keeps breaking down all the time. I've heard about the Texas Lemon Law, but how do I know if the law can help me?

"...down all the time. I've heard about the Texas Lemon Law, but how do I know if the law..."

April 2, 2004 Column by Luke Ellis

The Common Law: Is My New Car a Lemon?

Shedding light on Texas' Lemon Law

"...back from the shop. I've heard about the Texas Lemon Law, but how do I know if the law..."

March 6, 2015 Column by Luke Ellis

Lemon Tree

This moving Israeli film tells the fraught story of a Palestinian widow whose lemon grove is threatened when the country's defense minister moves next door.

"...on the border between Israel and the West Bank, Lemon Tree offers a tart but never completely bitter metaphor..."

June 5, 2009 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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I don't want this car

"...for another car. Am I really stuck with this lemon?..."

April 16, 2004 Column by Luke Ellis

Simple But Flavorful: Sardine & Kale Rillette Recipe

A French dish refined with some Texan twists

"...of those recipes that I got from my French mother-in-law and appropriately bastardized to suit my tastes...."

May 29, 2020 Food Post by Jessi Devenyns

FixAustin Fixation Continues

"...even go in and lobby for the puppy mill/puppy lemon law bill? How about adoptions? Did you have time..."

April 3, 2009 Postmarks

Election Wrap: Building a New House?

Texas Dems see a bright light at the end of a long, dark tunnel

"...while there's also a strong chorus for a house "lemon law." Bolton has said she will work on water..."

Nov. 14, 2008 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere

"...their homes are paid in accordance with all labor laws," said Emily Timm of the Workers Defense Project. Though..."

Sept. 26, 2008 News Feature

Thou Shalt Not Sue?

Van Orden's suit against the Ten Commandments is no slam-dunk.

"...D.C. homeless shelter the night before arguing First Amendment law before the nation's highest court...."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Dave Mann

Supreme Entanglements

Homeless Austin lawyer Thomas Van Orden takes the state to court over the Ten Commandments

"...get the Ten Commandments removed from the state Capitol lawn. But is that because of who he is, and..."

Dec. 6, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Season's Grazings

"...one slug (or more) of whiskey, as my German brother-in-law likes to say, or cocoa, with cookies...."

Dec. 18, 1998 Food Feature

Eating Fresh in Texas

Local foodies are reveling in a festival of produce

"...tells of her solo journey north to meet her in-laws during World War II. My dad was out fighting..."

June 22, 2007 Food Feature by Barbara Chisholm

Chocolatiers Harshit Gupta and Elliott Curelop Add Some Spice to Their Sweets

Madhu Chocolate puts an Indian twist on a classic treat

"...The small room smells like lemons. Not like chocolate, surprisingly, but lemons. That's because slices..."

Feb. 7, 2020 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

World Cup Cocktails

A drink for each of the 32 teams in the tournament

"...are available everywhere nowadays. If you have some fresh lemons, you can’t beat mixing your own, and light lagers..."

June 8, 2018 Food Post by R.T. Frank

Down From the Mountain

"...pointless to single out individual performances; there's not a lemon in the bunch. Fiddling troubadour (and riverboat captain) Hartford..."

Aug. 24, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Your Field Guide to 80 Essential Acts at SXSW Music

Highlighting the best and buzziest at this year's Festival

"...Effect: "Chance or fate are names for a cosmic law not comprehended. Everything you do, consciously or unconsciously will..."

March 10, 2023 Music Feature by The Music Staff

Primizie

"...it seems to be included on all menus by law, where it rarely amounts to more than romaine overly..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Food Review by Barbara Chisholm

Is Sea Moss Austin’s Next Superfood?

The edible algae is riding a wave of popularity across town

"...to graduate from the University of Texas School of Law.)..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Food Feature by Hannah Uebele

Playback – SXSW Recap: Love, Hate, Garth & Trump

Final love / hate SXSW listicles

"...of Bob Wills tunes, then making room for braided outlaw godfather Willie Nelson, who sparked up a half-hour set..."

March 24, 2017 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

UPDATED: Austin Aquarium Gets the Fisheye

Owners’ checkered past raises red flags; city says no animals on site

"...PETA's Delcianna Winders, director of capital animal law enforcement for the animal advocacy group, today sent a..."

Aug. 26, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

Point Austin: One Small Step

Gov. Rick Perry spares the life of Kenneth Foster

"...Perry had told the Europeans to go suck a lemon: "While we respect our friends in Europe, welcome their..."

Sept. 7, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...WTO buddies don't want to be bothered with environmental laws or public process...."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

Record Store Day Unearths a Roky Erickson Rarity

Reanimating one of the great Austin tributes

"...Francisco's Haight-Ashbury, running from the Lone Star State's oppressive law enforcement. Sahm stayed a few years, while the Elevators..."

April 21, 2017 Music Feature by Bill Bentley

Lege Lines: Deliberately Discriminatory

Voter ID's future in Texas, without the DoJ

"...It's rare a lawyer drops what seems to be a winning argument. Yet..."

March 3, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Austin Aquarium Manager Sent to Federal Shark Tank

Covino gets a year behind bars

"...exhibition in the Idaho Aquarium, spotted eagle rays and lemon sharks worth at least several thousand dollars. According to..."

Dec. 4, 2013 News Post by Jordan Smith

The Hightower Report

Joeseph Lieberman's corporate contributors, guacamole factories in Mexico, Starbucks bans local newspapers, pesticides in schools.

"...fresh avocado, then spicing it with salt, pepper, and lemon juice -- plus, if you want, adding chopped onion,..."

Sept. 15, 2000 News Column

Book Tour Confidential

"...When my latest novel, The Mother-in-Law Diaries, came out in January, my publisher presented me..."

May 21, 1999 Books Feature by Carol Dawson

Roots, Reckonings, and Resolutions

Roots

"...you could do that now. It's probably against the law, first of all, and its probably polluted now. You..."

Nov. 27, 1998 Music Feature by Jay Hardwig

Laying It All Out

Novelist Shelby Hearon has made an art of the little white lie.

"...class, to see that Red (Terrell's widower) leaving the law firm, the ho-hum law firm, to work pro-bono to..."

Feb. 16, 2001 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

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